www.marekconnellenglish.com2018-08-31FridayRobertBoixMarekConnellEnglishnotes1,5Robert owes me €4 T d ll -d ll =t beindecisive."No more dilly-dallying; let’s focus on the question!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bALc3o0y5Kc T buckle nde thepr ss e.Piq anthaving a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour. "a piquant tartare sauce" Ap c f nformat on .nthepip lin backed up somewhere in a process; in process; in a queue. "There are a lot of goods still in the pipeline. That means no more new orders will be shipped for a while." "Your papers are in the pipeline somewhere. You'll just have to wait." T tak s m th ngf rgr n d.to expect someone or something to be always available to serve in some way without thanks or recognition; to value someone or something too lightly.

"We sometimes take our parents for granted." “The things you take for granted, somebody else is praying for.”

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pr v ("we tried to prove his innocence.") ("We demonstrated that water evaporates at a 100º") (proof )appr v alaw.pass nexam.d monstrat test try("This paella is really good. you should try it.") ("I've tried to quit but I can't") eck

v d nc t s v d nt .h dw (progress)Quirk F r-f t d x[loncht]la n d

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Sw ts T sw t

Asw word. T sw

The d rwindows slightly aj r

(slightly open.)

T g n tpressthepedalt themetal.step nthegas.

T tak aw z(urinate=colloquial)to move swiftly or to make a sound like an object moving swiftly. aw Z(k d)Advent(the arrival of a notable person or thing.)T swell Pl toPl thora(a large or excessive amount of something.)xT vi f r+objectcompete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something. "the athletes were vying for a place in the British team" [moust]mostxAd g sam n b stfr nd. Formationtr n ng T tu nablind y t +object.(to avoid paying attention to something)

t on ’s heart’scontent(ord li t) to the full extent of one's desires. "the children could run and play to their heart's content" Entrep ene [ontrepené]

Ove ni t Bythesam token .

in the same way or for the same reason. "there was little evidence to substantiate the gossip and, by the same token, there was little to disprove it" Seedt’sad g td gWorld. H f b rd

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1T b nthemoodT h v thed si et + +object.

2 T feellik

3T feel p f r

go ng ts m wh r .T b pd wn f r

4 T b gam f r

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t dawdlewaste time; be slow. "she mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call now" move slowly and idly in a particular direction. "Ruth dawdled back through the wood"

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go pgoskyhi ("The price of petrol has gone sky-high!") sky-r cket

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("The price of petrol has sky-rocketed!")

R ck t sci nc used to say that you do not think that something is very difficult to do or to understand:“Comeon,it'sonlyacrossword,it'snotrocketscience.”“Drugsequalscrime.Itdoesn'ttakearocketscientisttofigurethatoneout.”

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1. I’m reallyhappy that we haved ci dto + …excited about the fact

2. (MoreFormal)We are here today to decide how to / who to / what to … "…I know that you have a lot of ideas about what you want to do but I…."

Finishing: Ok, agree,let’sdoitthat

t’sa hol differentk ttle ff sh.

"It’s a completely different situation."

T p thr thenos f r+object.(to pay an excessive amount of moneyfor something)

T l a s withsomebody(..about something) ->

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T fork t(spend)al g amount fmon .Nobodybatsand y l d.(nobody reacts/notices)T bl nk

(straight)fr mtheh s m th.From the original or a trustworthy source.

from the person who has direct personal knowledge of it. "I heard it straight from the horse's mouth that the boss is retiring."

Don’tlookagifth s nthemo .(proverb don't find fault with something that you have discovered or been

given.)

[Sábebs] s bu bs

nice area with big houses

Ghetto/

poorsuburbIn nthe tskirts fthecity.

For go ne g t cC ck D wnri t(absolutely)

T k ac r

(of something bad or unpleasant) utter; complete (used for emphasis). "it's a downright disgrace"

Acop t . T cop t

A/t writ ff A vehicle or other object that is too badly damaged to be repaired."the passengers were

unharmed, but my car was a total write-off" A worthless or ineffectual person or thing."the magazine was a write-off, its credibility

rating below zero" FINANCE a cancellation from an account of a bad debt or worthless asset."their profits

are weakening thanks to loan write-offs" “Don’t write it off from the get go.” (Don't reject it from the beginning)